Table 3 Whether the surgeon has passed the learning curve
Author | Surgeons proficiency description | Degree of proficiency | Passed learning curve |
|---|---|---|---|
Hu | “performed by a single senior surgeon” | High | Yes |
Siljander | “had completed more than 100 DA cases” | High | Yes |
Wu | “easier to achieve femoral exposure than in general hips” | High | ND |
Barrett | “had performed over 100 DAA cases” | High | Yes |
Daas | “first half of 2012 and 2011 were excluded, introduced in our hospital in early 2011” | High | Yes |
Fleischman | “cases performed during a surgeon’s learning curve were excluded” | High | Yes |
Godoy-Monzon | “reducing the possibility of complications attributable to the learning curve” | High | Yes |
Triantafyllopoulos | “have extensive experience and may be considered experts” | High | Yes |
Lee | “hip arthroplasty fellowship in both the PLA and the DAA” | High | Yes |
Rykov | “far beyond the learning curve of the DAA (> 200)” | High | Yes |
Zhao | “the first 100 patients” “were not enrolled in the current trial” | High | Yes |
Fransen | “had performed 120 PLA and 80 DAA” | High | Yes |
Jelsma | “ surgeon is using his own approach in which they trust” | High | ND |
Langlois | “undergoing their subspecialty training” “equivalent to registrars” | High | ND |
Amlie | “Patients registered before 2011” “were excluded” | High | Yes |
Barrett | “with over 3000 PA cases vs 100 DAA cases” | High | Yes |
Nam | “perform more than 200 THAs annually” | High | Yes |
Spaans | “surgeons had an internal education” “who had used the DAA for 5 years” | High | Yes |